As some of you already know, we used RIS (Remote Installation Services) to deploy an OS remotely. But starting with Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008, Microsoft had deployed a new version of RIS, called Windows Deployment Services (WDS). We can install an OS without using an installation disc. We can deploy an OS through … Read More →
What is the difference between a profile and a roaming profile, you might ask yourself? Well, a profile is a folder that contains all the settings pertaining to a user’s working environment. By default, the profile is stored in the C:\Users directory. A roaming profile, on the other hand, is stored on a network instead … Read More →
Active Directory installation task would be quite easy for everyone who had installed it at least once in his/her lifetime. For those new, there is nothing to be afraid for. You’ll see that this is quite straightforward task. Why do we need Active Directory, you might ask? Well, Active Directory (AD) is a directory service … Read More →
Features on Demand is a very cool thing that comes with Windows Server 2012 R2. One of the problem in previous versions of Windows Server was how roles and features were stored on the hard disk. Before Windows Server 2012 (I am talking about Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2), we had all the binary … Read More →
Failed to run task sequence 0x80070490 I am trying to load Windows Server 2012 on one of my servers in remote DC, by using SCCM 2012. But unfortunately, I am getting an error described in the title of this article – An error occurred while starting the task sequence 0x80070490. If you go and check … Read More →
Hello again. I was configuring Web server on one of my production servers by using PowerShell, so I said to myself that it was a good opportunity to show you how to configure roles or features by using Windows PowerShell. You can configure features and roles with PowerShell locally, or remotely. For the following procedure, … Read More →
